Unit 6, Lesson 2 Make an Excuse to Decline Food Audio Script

SPEAKER 1 [Brazilian] F: My biggest passion is sushi. I’m definitely a sushi addict. I have it —oh, probably, twice a week. There’s a terrific restaurant around the corner from where I live in Rio. And they make amazing sushi.

SPEAKER 2 M: My wife is crazy about asparagus, but I really don’t care for it. I don’t know why. It just doesn’t agree with me. I can’t even look at it.

SPEAKER 3 F: When I was a kid, I didn’t use to like them. I thought they tasted funny. But now, I’ve turned into a big mango eater. There’s really nothing quite like slices of fresh mango. Mmm.

SPEAKER 4 [Mexican] M: My family loves pasta. We have it several times a week, but I don’t touch it. The truth is, we just have it TOO much—with tomato sauce, pesto sauce, garlic and oil— you name it. I’ll eat anything, but I’m really not much of a pasta lover.

SPEAKER 5 [Chinese] F: The problem with ice cream is I like it too much. When I’m on a diet, I can’t eat it. But that doesn’t mean I don’t think about it all the time. I do.